The International Translation And Circulation Of Shakespeare Criticism
Conference in Leuven, 26-27 June 2023 Further information can be found here.
read moreProf. Dr. phil. Ulrich Suerbaum (02.11.1926 – 18.5.2022)
The German Shakespeare Society has lost a great personality in Prof. Dr Ulrich Suerbaum. In 1963, he was the first full professor to be appointed to the Chair of English Philology at the Ruhr University Bochum, a position he held until his retirement. He had a lasting influence on the fortunes of the German Shakespeare…
read more“Wieland meets Shakespeare” – Lecture Series in Weimar on 16.6., 30.6. and 14.7.
The lectures were recorded and can be accessed via the YouTube-channel of the German Shakespeare Society: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm1Afp2gwz4Jo4FmLg24LAg Programme 16.6.22 Christa Schuenke: Wieland’s Shakespeare – a case of eloquent silence Why did Wieland omit so much from his Shakespeare? A few thoughts on the presence of the translator in the absent. Christa Schuenke lives in Berlin…
read moreSonette / Sonnets [parallel text edition] (Shakespeare Gesamtausgabe, Volume 38)
William Shakespeare’s 154 sonnets are without doubt among the most important creations in world literature. There are more than 300 translations into German to date – only the Bible has more. Frank Günther literally devoted himself to the translation of this cycle of poems right up to the last hours of his life and translated…
read moreConference: “Women’s Rights and Global Adaptations of Shakespeare”
November 25-26, 2021 Freie Universität Berlin Call for Papers
read moreShakespeare translations by August Wilhelm Schlegel and the Tieck circle
I would like to draw your attention to the following conference. It will take place in Dresden from June 13 to 16, 2022: The Shakespeare Translations of August Wilhelm Schlegel and the Tieck Circle. Context – History – Edition: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/index.php?id=133304 The translation of all of William Shakespeare’s plays known as “Schlegel/Tieck” – begun in 1797…
read more“All the Sonnets of Shakespeare” Eds. Paul Edmondson / Stanley Wells
We are pleased to bring you a video greeting from Stratford-upon-Avon, in which Paul Edmondson and Stanley Wells present their new book “All the Sonnets of Shakespeare” to the members of the German Shakespeare Society. You can find it on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm1Afp2gwz4Jo4FmLg24LAg
read moreShakespeare’s Birthday on 23 April
To mark Shakespeare’s birthday on April 23, a recitation from the Weimar Shakespeare Monument will be broadcast on the YouTube channel from 4 pm: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm1Afp2gwz4Jo4FmLg24LAg Here you will find the speech by Frank Günther (1947 – 2020), one of the greatest Shakespeare translators of our time, on the occasion of the morning walk to the…
read moreWilhelm Hortmann (5 June 1929 – 12 April 2021)
The German Shakespeare Society mourns the loss of the English scholar Prof. em. Dr. Wilhelm Hortmann. He taught English literature at the universities of Frankfurt, Duisburg and Santa Barbara. After his retirement, Prof. Hortmann worked as a theater historian and author. He preferred to deal with the intersection of culture and politics, with a particular…
read moreJerzy Limon (24. May 1950 – 3. March 2021)
The German Shakespeare Society mourns the death of the Polish translator and author Jerzy Limon. He taught at the University of Gdansk and specialized in Shakespeare and the theater of the Elizabethan period. The Gdansk Shakespeare Theater, which he designed, opened in 2014. On behalf of all members and the entire Board of Directors The…
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